Tower Hamlets Council spent £350,000 on private waste collectors during refuse worker strike, FOI reveals
Decision to accept national policy deal rather than agree on a payout to refuse workers meant Tower Hamlet Council spent
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Planning powers over Olympic Games grounds return to Tower Hamlets
Planning powers to build affordable homes are set to be transferred back to Tower Hamlets council for the first time
Housing association’s £90m debt is too much for the Council to cover
Tower Hamlets Council has refused to buy back 3000 social homes from Tower Hamlets Community Housing due to their £90
Refuse strike ends after Mayor promises contracts to 50 agency staff
Waste collection will resume after Tower Hamlets Council agreed to a £750 pay deal with refuse workers, ending strike action
Refuse workers demonstrating in Tower Hamlets say the strike is extended by two weeks
Ongoing pay disputes mean striking refuse workers and street cleaners in Tower Hamlets will extend the strike for another two
Harder than ever for local private renters in Tower Hamlets to afford rent and deposit
Tower Hamlets tenants face being priced out of the area, as some report paying up to 88% of their monthly
Tower Hamlets becomes the first local authority in England to roll out universal free school meals to all students
As the Mayor of London launches free school meals for all primary schools, Tower Hamlets Council extends them to all
Herbert’s Fruits and Salads closes for weekday trading after 49 years on Globe Town Market
Globe Town Market’s last remaining full-time trader scales back his family business due to rising costs of fresh produce and
Plans for 200-person music festival on old canal boat in Hackney Wick rejected again
Tower Hamlets council has once again rejected proposed plans for Boat Live, a 200-person festival on a canal boat in
Roman Road convenience store to stay open after selling alcohol to underaged shopper
Tower Hamlets Council has given Mannat Supermarket its ‘first and last chance’ after selling a gin and tonic can to
Remember the Big Breakfast house? It’s finally sold for 4.3 million pounds
Channel 4’s Big Breakfast house in Fish Island has sold for 4.3 million pounds, but had to reduce its price
The special Earth edition of The Slice Magazine is here
The Slice Tower Hamlet’s fourth issue is a special earth edition and reports on initiatives that are tackling climate change
